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. , w. t- ... - - ... . . . . ,"('.'.. ;,: i'".-u..v:o' T7T7 mm .Press i H I. ' ; f '"7"vO V-'-'' . ' J2 I . l Hi' " I J B ' -., -li" -II f I " PLEDGED BUT TO TRUTH, TO LIBERTY AND LAW NO FAVOR SWATS US, AND NO FEAR SHALL AWE." VOLUME XII-NUMBER 15. CANTON. MISSOURI,' SATURDAY, OCTOBER IS. 1873. WHOLE NUMBER 583. v.. i. i -it. hi n I A The Canton Press, OOKDDCT Y J. W. BARRETT & SON, DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL, DITOTBD TO TBI UTOnSSTl OT Some, Country and Humatoity. BTJBEOaiPTIOMl " IIX Capiat, ODt Tar ' '. 1 T.n " " 10.(1 15.0 BAT3M OT ADVIKTIBIITO i tr U. Hr lack. ! Cohnaa n W.k 0. 1.0 Tarao Waa..... o.io :.. 1.00 Jlirat Montna.... O.T ' 00 IxJIontlia LB .00 natal ..t.00 . U.00 . n oo- M.00 73.00 moo tf ihtarmoaiate apnea or lmt In proportlo or . t ipoou! ru, All AdTfitlaeBwata at tna nboTe ratea to take tho antral run oftt papar. rbtfai .ranaaa rll-r(M rrcrsi. rr - ' BoTDlnr advortlaara allowed qnmrterlr enaa(tt without axtraooarta. IGfcltoary notleaa MOtaoini ona enoarawlU kt rliarrefl t oalr adtartltla ratea. Profteiionol tatbi. " J. H. HUSHES, M.O., TENDBBS.ni. profculoo.l anrlea to 111, eltl-Mil at Canton nod tloinlty. . .. ,-apaolal amatua flrrn to ib, tiMUn.nl or Ik-male itmaaoael ovary daacrlption. rf Raaldrae oorner of Eighth and College Strata, Canton, Mo. A. D. Lewis, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ?JMZ ESTATE AND . General Collection Agtat, OANTON MO , BRING pertectlr aoqonlnted with the aurroondlns comilry, haa inferior faollttiea for knllnn nnfl iiimm nal .-Miatr. and eaa make iiatol eoueo- tlone. Adrancementa made on awkl bar, 11 troato ruliIUed with promptaeaaana aueiiiy. nniM In Rank Ruildinr. . T ,.r Rta OI LLtJ I vJl Mill w . . KanM8tl DR. J. W. W. SMITH, . i hUAmu. tn No. lfi Fourth llrrrt. Hoppoilta Uawtlm Durkej'a or. with. Dr. nfiSgroT., and it proparwl to do all wori In lb, IIq. ol hfi proleaalon In a worknianllk. manner. uk Inurttd on Gold Plata, IMatlna, ConU.no- onaunm and SiWor Plata. Tooth "traotM mtn- OUt pals. hotels. DOWNS HOUSE, ' - Corner of oth nnd1wl Street,, CANTOir, - - MISSOWItl Wit. DOWNS, Proprietor. "sjonTO-tf ' ST. JAMES HOTEL, CORNEU OW FIFTH ft WALN; I STS., nttli!SSS'""', SL Louis, Ho. rw Thla Hooae haa lately undergone a thorough repair, Painting and new r.trnlture. Paasenger Elevator aad other improvemcnta. .: i 23mar73trj OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, 623 HAMPSHIRE STREET, ' . "Kobtb Side, T. Root IIS, Proprietor. lonUTTStr A. KEIM, Boot tS Shoe Maker ronrlk It. raw nam Kara Canlon Homi, CAKTOJ, MO. Bepairiafl neatly dona on abort notice. CI FINK BOOTS , apaelaltf and warranttd to 'uu toe enetomeri t , . man71yl . ' .i , .4-1 WM.QUESR, UNDERTAKER, CAKTOS. MO... TiniArumiuaH rsoMpr wobk at at on no. W ttoa and at reaaonatole ratao.n A rail aaaoit-nunt of UoOna iupt onatanllr on kaad and anaan. ar than lha olwaueat. rUaUandaw. . , METALIO CASES & CASKETS r . ramlaked at abort notloa LOtTKR THU THE LUWE8T1 U"8hop on Blanri aofaat oatwaan lh aad lth outn of Uianaw Flaalttf atUI.,n, . . . . LTJ23Z3, SZZlrTQLES, LATH aAjtti, nobis if BUNDS,-' v wttMoa:' nuns.; Vila.' twBalsW, Wa. SBa ' CAHTOy,'- '- ' ' MISSOIJMI ANEW and liberal itock on hand for ih annofonatomeraonaatUfaetorytersia. . MRS.' R. WHITE, MILLIIE1 AID BRESSMiKEB. No. 73 Locii Street, OANTON, MISB OTJRI Is ow ofering a spies did aasottmssit of JtHtUnerp : Goons, OrTHBLATKSTSTILM, 7Yimming,yFloipe?f jind Jiptiom, t Atiinniatdar'eoinpelltlon. ' 5C JOHNSON. it.... tJ I tl'V'v J : tmsrTd sattoraa. slataaaJatvx -1 Alaoavarj llilprla. fpaia taAtmet3 ' u."jiar jsrjzptm. PaaaataSaw muhm, aa a r riimailili VvautiB.rBitci.' '"-'.. v No. W Fh4 tteu ; Lfwh ft) Rait, curew;,vi.rHri.; D.tUIIJ. W.t.HtHTOM. GRAVES &HENT0N NO. 15 FOURTH STREET, Canton ., . ' Missouri, wnouuuu in aaTau. swum in DRUGS, Patent Medicines, Dyes, PAiJYTS. OILS, BOOKS, STATIONERY, Panoy G-OcxZ.0, VVTLEUV, .C. tUnnc7ltf C. VAN VV ERDEN, DEALER IN Drugs medicines! PAINTS, OILS, DYES, . MILLER'S ItriLDIKO, . . POCBTH 8TEEET, ABOVg LEWIS A largo Stock 01 PUEE DRUGS, PATENT HKPIlNE3. . FANCY AND TOILETTE GOODS. rora, nornKa, Paints, Oils, Dyes Glass, ftc , 1 Oon.tanllyonhand.andK.1. Low For Cash. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COM POUNDED. C. ASWERDEJJ. lsapieotr CANTON illnrble Works, CUrk Street between Fourth ft Fifth,! MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, ATAIVT1.CB, And all klndeofetonework for BulldiDtrs and Cent- eterlea, furnlnhed at Rhort notice. I do my )wn wora ana can ihii at iow raics. Designs always on hand for lneectlon. ltmavTOtf J. W. DILLON. II. S. TURNER Architect & Builder, MANCr ACTUHCR OT Sash, Door, Blinds, Scroll Work, AND WOOD WORK OF AIX KINDS. . WILL famish Plans and Specifications, and uuntraot for the erection of Building of oil klmls and or the latudt end most Improved etylt soi architecture. Hevtna- a good hop, new machinery and good workmen at hie command will turnlsn prompt work at short notice and rei o cable rates. Also dealer In METALLIC CA8b3&CASKETS WOODEN OOF FINS, COFm TRIMMINGS o. Of the latest itoproTementaaad keepe a fall aaturt- u:eDi coneutouj on naou. vuyiuj uurci iruui wm Manufacturer, I will duplicate any bill west ol Cblcag.. erV Shop on White street above Sixth, Canton. MoT lep73-tl JOB H. BIOUS. EAGON & BIGGS, Muutn GIIOC'EIIIES PROVISIONS ' Ho. HrloTtaroorthltroai, . CANTON,; - . - . mSSOOTI. r iWRItL Mnrkai MaaDaM firCoestrj Prix to. U.Ainal .GOODS I v: JnatrooalTadaftdlatoak of r Caul mrrea, n ;, i 'If Jeans, r. ' : .. -,-- From tha akora aatabralcd Woolen FSotolT. HAWKINS & DURKEE. loJaaTMr ' . C. Cross, MERCHANT,! CORNER FODBTH h CLABK STREETS, " ' v.---i CAHTOif, no. WILL aall at Aaatlen aU kind! of rood. In town oroonatry. Conalfnnwnta aollcltadandiat-Ufaatlon ruaraataa. Umi&tO , ' . J. r-acHrLs. B. J. D0MU1 SCHtJLZ & DURKEE, r"-:-A-Provision Dealer , ; . 1 ' (OldataadotJ. r. SehuU.) N0769 LEWISTXTAirroiSTyMO - WSlpaVthekijbMt markaC prloa of ooanbr yodnaa. Cboloa ruail ttcaurki for Casa 17. . . raansjau. taw M.,'at aHMVfWMt OaMh'tta V " TiilotaH aad liaalBnlarl yrr BAXXOOW POSTBT. tTtw IbUowtBf iMkftBiOW tiMehtttm f rbftmlar U from IN M of W. A. CrnCHt, Tki Mipti TtiM, wrto, wttkla tit ImI itw fran. km mtOJ am MVI&M icpauuGti ror Damor train ui cn tad mI. If I wtra to go la Tk Orapttt taltooa, And Iff wm will, I'd t lUrud la Jdmi Iaflttto ! th mara.af , Mat waaor by Mo. At lb loir oftkt aad ttM fkU oTOf moon, Aad tend for Um k la my alrj taBooa. An. aappjr happy I bfi happy the coon Who wlaa trim tattoo ofbetof a looa That ha may eouftr toeh aa IndoiU boon) Ha traada lha gj daak ofhta iwlaglaff aaloon, ' Tba mm alipabaof ath h m ha heart tta loir croon, A world llaa baton him ha fllt to eomnonai A doma rlara o'tr him rtd, as an, maroon Ha thin ha or the iky, where hi plgroae hare flewa, Of the wood, when hi iflrtyboata tf miters won hewn. Of tha eaarae. whleh tea rollei of paeMbread hare aawn. Twodaya without "datea" and not even a prune, But the great 'laatern Currant' ens talon him ir I airily epeaklag ; and ha pitches a tone The bracing Bootch air of tha blithe Doon" To rooae up tha rarifled air from Ha swoon. Letjealoaey chatter of ''DoeyUdooa'alune;'' Let enry bis good mlth aad pradaaoa Impugn I On do sarage Ulaad hit boaas shall bo etrewai Ho aever will spill oat, like eoup from a speea, O'er Georgian moraaaea where grows tho rmttoon. But tba ohearaofold Karopo shall greet him fall soon, And boU calmly alight on some olaeele lagoon Or, aaaaacbed by simoon, typhoon aad moasooa, He'll toward the land of tho gorgaoaa Tyeoea, Where they talk broken china and write only Bune, What to this waa (M fame of Clay, Webster, Cat- nounT Ifoverlgota TMt Orphic ballooa, VV aot salt la aatamn, bat early in Junei ' Inflate fa the moralng, cast anchor by aoon, And aend for the sky la tho fairy galloon. A BftFLT TO TUB ABOVI . And If t ware sold by a Granite galoot Bccllningoaaom, and pn fling oberoot, And talking aograadly, like toraiw estate Of a gorge ooi trip to the land of Canute, The Dane or stopping a moment rwafe To chat and ooqnet with the girts of Bel root, (Of their hearts, no doubt, IndlaArimlnate loot Would ansae) tha loan Arable coot Preaomlag the aat on a question that's moot To settle off-banJ, aad with balaaov to aooot Roand the earth, regardless of warning or hoot larlting a thousand Pud. Fimcj, to put In the bubble, each one his own precious foot, And puang tba dodge aa a thing very cute, But with ae thought himself of following suit, For that his neck waa too precious tho brute. Oh, 11 1 had beanaoM by such a galoot Thus blowing a gas bag his own horn to toot, I'll be banged If I wouldn't batter his snoot. I'd tlx his two eyes the color of wot, And giro him a lift with the too of my boot, Thus squaring the sphere of that ' QrapMt loot. uno noons. THEDYtKO SUMXBIl. September's and the eanmmer'i heat. That fell on fleld. and flower, and street, Haa Taned in strength from day to day. And like a scroll has rolled away. From out the blue or antnmn skies A deeper aznro meets our eyes The west wind blowing oool and clear Proclaims tbo fullness of the jeer. The apples ripen ia the sun, The rrapes grow purple one by one, And all the seasons awl it sdranco, Dlrlne In their significance. Tho birds seemed planted on wider wings To catch the hidden soul of things. And In the woo-1 the sumac's flames The coming of the king proclaims. ME. PETEEs"fIEST WIFE. "Doar, dear, no toast; eggs boiled hard as brickbats, and the coffee stone cold." And - Mr. Peters arose from the table in a temper by no means amiable, and rang tho bell violently. Thore was no answer. He rang again, a third, a fourth time, and still no an swer. Out of all patience, he wont to the door, and called, ' . ''Martha,' Martha 1" A slight, pretty little woman, dress ed in it soiled wrapper, with buir in a state of direful confusion, answered his summons. She had one of those bright face which Naturo intended should.be decked with' continuous smiles ; but now, all Its roses in bloom, it was drawn to its full length, and the largo blue oyes had a serious or ralher doleful expression, totally at variance with her usual joyous look. Her voice, too, bad lost its melodious ringing sound, and was subdued to a dismal whine. "Whut is it, Joseph?" "Where' Bridget?" "Gone out for me. I want more ribbon for my ascension robe." air. Meters said a very nouehty word, and then eontiuod : "Cold coffee, bard' eees, breakfast uot fit tcj oat;." . .;; ... "I wish,' --whined! his wife, "you would think less of temporal mattors, and turn yoor attention to the groat end of life." u . 1 "Hang it all, madam, "I like, to en-ov mv lif when-1 bare3 1t- - ' Here was I, the hspplaef man In the Unite States, with a very pleasant homo a chatty cheerful loving wife, and good quiet cnildron ; and now, ioee yon bave joined the Minorites, whatam "UnlJoseph, if yod 'WWttia: lofti ! . .1. . UI 1 - . "Uh I Mario, llyou WonronfytuLii out ol it. where are the boysr . ... ' "I'm sure I don't know.' , "Are tbey going to school to-day." "No, dear Joseph." "For what reason, Madam ?" "My dear, the teacher has triven up the school, and is turning her attention to more exalted object. You have still s week for preparation and Tepentaoo.'' . ' . . . . "itepentancer 1 wen, when I take op the object, it will take more than a week to pnt It through." , And Mr. ftun put on his coat and took op bis hat. "Joseph," said his wife, "yon ' need not send home any dinner. I shall be oat, I'll take the boy .over to their ancle's lid get their dinner. ". '- Jo made bo answer, antes tbe violently emphatia norm j - which b 'closed the door wss one. ..Muttering with anger, b strode into ' a restaa-ranttomak breakfast1 . Here he wasbailed by ooe of bis Grind. 'Prod Somers, who looked up as he heard JoeVordev. , --Hallosir,: b 'eried, yo ,'heref: what r Too-aalng her break ftist tiKr-wift'iiokr;.v:.'':-No.w.- V 'tfo.' "ALiria'i joined tba Miller. teal" -. Fred gave long thrill whistle, and thoh said. - "Going to ascend next week 7" , "Yos. and if I don't commit suicide in mo meantime, you mny-congratulate me. I am almost distracted. Can't got a deoont meal ; children ran ning riot ; servant aaucy ; honae all in coia'uoion; wife got tho blue, cither by quoting the apcocben of tho elders at mo, or sowing on a white robo and groaning every third or fourth stitob. Bang it all, trod. I've got A great mini! to take poison or join the army." "ITm 1 h'm! you give an one booting picture but I can suggoata carp." A carer "Yes, If you will prom i ho to take my advice, I will make your home ploaflfint, wifocheorful ana your children happy." "Doit!" cried Joe. ''I'll follow your word like a soldier under bin superior officer. What shall 1 do?" I At toa time Mr. Potors entered his home, whistling; Maria was seated her sewing and thoro wore no signs preparation tor the ovooing nioul.. 'Muria, mydenr,"suid Mr. Pclors, "is the tou ready f" i sidored in throo classes, of which tlis "I dont know," was the answer, "I first, bottor reprosontod by tho Massa-bave boon out all day attending meet-, cbusotts system than by any other, ing. "Oh, very woll; nevor mind. At- tendini; meetioir? You are resolved, ! men, to leave next wees: r .1. . . . f"""Oh I Josoph I mnst go when I am ' York Commissi m, seeks, as far as pos-called.", ui bio, to avoid tho effort to directly " ies, my doar, of course. Woll, I , tax all personnl proporty, ana pro-most resign myself, I suppose. JBy eeeds npon tho theory that the rontnl the way, my dear, bos it evor occurod ! valuo of the house occupied will afford to you thai I shall be loft a widowor, ' a fair moasuro of tho porsonal prop-with throo children ?- I think 1 nm a erty of each -individual. Tho third, handsome man yet, my love;" and bot'tor represented in Pennsylvania Joe walked over to tho gloss, passed thnn else whero, avoids altogether the bis fingers through his hair, and pull- evils ineidont to assessment of real ed up his collar. Maria looked up in ' property, and imposos the whole tax surprise. upon corporations, transportation, in- "Youseo my dear, itis rather a ro-J terest paid, bank earnings, insnranco lief for you to go quickly, you know, j rocoipts, rotail dealers, amusements, It is so wearing on tho nerves to have . collateral inheritances, wills and dqeds a long illness; and besides, my dour, j and auction commissions. Tho theory lliero will bo no funeral expenses to i of this systom is thnt the corporations pay, and that is quito a saving. Jtrs. I'otcrs li in ouivered. and hor lr hlun nvea ill 1ml with tears. Joe longed to quit his heartless speech m.i nnmfnrt. hnr. hnt ho was fuarful ihut the desired effect was not yet gained, "So, my dear if you must go, I havo boon thinkingofgottinganotberwifo." What" 1 cried Mrs. Potors. "Another wifo, my lovo. Tho houso must bo kept in order, and tho boys cared for." Tho grief was gone from Maria's i fuco, but hor tooth wcrosct with a look 1 of fierce wrath. "Another wifo! anothor wifo I" "Yes. I- think I "havo selected a I good successor. I deliberated a Ion. limn, when I wua n hneho or. huLweon i I...- .it. H vnnro.iir Vnn will IMtn li i-- i Bho is your bosom friend 1" "What! Sarah Ingraham. "Ye9. my dear. I think thnt on tho day vou ascend, I will marry Sarah Inorabain." WUUl, tnat gOOU-IOI-noining, Silly, empty-headed old maid, tho motbor of my CllllUreil. TVUllli. J" 3 wiini.Mil. '" ha iiv ivi.t.1 ..... "Woll, my dear; it sooms to bo tho of proporty owned or occupied npon best I can do. I don't want to leave: a long loaso, as it is to fix the volua-mv business and go a courting, and I tion, and tho same evils will arise, she will havo mo I know." "No doubt ful " Oh ! you brutal, hate- "Slop my doar, dont fly into fury. We will try to spend our lust week in happiness. Oh, by the way, 1 have a proposition to make." "(Jo, on, Sirl Do not spare mo !" "Ah 1 yos, that is the very thing I wish to do. I know your mind is en. a.... I tt An itfnaaA tirifla -rritiiaa aa-iAnimit. I and I wish to snare you tho care of 1 -T . . n the house. Suppose yon invito Sa rah here to-morrow, to stop a weok ?" "What 1" "Then I can arrange our matrimo-niul preparation in the evening, while you are at the lecture." "What!" "And you can leave the house in her charge all day. That will give you plonty of time to go out, and ho can learn the way ol the house. "And my dear, one little favor. It may be the last I ahull over ask ofyou. Stay at home ono or two days, and show her around .where you koep things, and so on, so that sbe wont have any trouble in keeping order after you go. You will do this to oblige me, dear, won't you ?" Mrs. Peters, for an answor, rolled up the ascension robe into a ball and dred it at Joe. The cotton, scissors; work-basket followod eaoh other In nuick succession, and he was nnnhle to fly.- Then Maria's rage fatyffi "Sol rah LarThat't tho taoson TonsCietled ce vn jwu LanTeWnVTBat yoa her, sirl Yoa shan t have that gratification I I won't go 1 1 toll yon, Mr. Potors, that I wont go!" "But, my doar, you must go, if you are called for." "I won't go !" ' "But what will Sarah Ingraham think of it?" "Sarah I Don't dare to mention Sarah Ingraham to me again," and with this she threw herself into a chair, and in a fit of hystorics. Next morning Mr. Peters mot Fred, in the street. ; "Well old boy, how goes It?" "Fred" was the reply, "I am the happiest man in the world I I have regained my wife, and domestic peace, and got rid of a busy, tattling old maid, wbonnder pretense of loving my wife, was everlastlingly interefering in our household arraneements." 1 "Then Mr. Peter will not ascend, willh?" .. . .-, ' iuIfSrh i to be my second wife, ad Ub-moUMr to my ehildren, Mr. Paten has oonoluded .that, on the whole, she won't go." ' Cbiha Pu. Mak ermst short, , roll oat thin, and pat in :deep pi plat. PafchM. layer of tbm aliOM apple) layer of sagar and spice, ooo antil fnlfj put on lb top layer (agar, spiooa nof littfor lumps of butter. No top crot' Sake from thno-foarth of an boor to an hoar. METHODS OF STATS TAXATION. From lha Si. Loult Globe.) Tbo model system of taxation will bonr as lightly as possible upon labor, nna equally as pousiblo upon enpual. It will h.i so simplo as to involve tho omploymont of tho smalloHt powiblo number of officials, and the loss of the smnllont poDftihlo sain in exponscs of collodion, r mnlly, It win give mo lonflt ponmblo opportunity to ofliciulu to npprem or fuvor individuals or localities, or to Rot proporty into their own har.ds through collusion with ronl estato rings. In nil tbeso ossontiuls our prcsont system is about ns fnr an ny can be from tho model toward which reform should movo. For acomplato reform in tho system i of taxation, a change in tho State Con- J stitntion is necessary. For tho Con stitution, article 11, section 16, pro-1 vides that "no property, real or per-! sonal, shall be exempt from taxation." j J. be attorn pi to tax all lorms or prop. orty involves an attempt to list and nt! ossoss all lorms of proporty, and this of! is tho gravest evil of the present sys - i tern. . . All systems of taxation may bo con - seeks to assess lor taxation, an prop- 1 orty, both real and personal. The ' second, proposed by Hon. D. A. Wells J .1 .1 , f . , x- 'ana mo otnor mamoors ui imi ana porsons noro oirccny paying win collect tho tax from tho people in their business, and thus distributo tho bur- den moro equally than it can bo dis- ! trihuled hv anv'laws or any nlun of assessments. Of theso tlirco classes, ' tho first is open to tho ohjoction that , neither real nor porsonal property can i bo equally assossod nnd taxed, bvon in Massachusetts, where it is best en- j forced, tho ollicials ndnvt that fully i thirty porcont. of all property escapes I taxation. It has been found imposai- ble, in a logal point ot viow, to reacn , " nipping oy wuicn is menni for taxation all personal proporty, nor j not baptism, but chowing snuff pro-will tho minute scrutiny of private vails to a like extent, affairs, nocossarv to ascertain all such In farming they boiievo in tho in- property, bo tolerated under a froe government. Jlnnco n vory largo I share of nersona I nronortv always cs - 1 runes taxation, and this svstem adds ' tho other and not less grave disudvan - tago tnoi no system 01 assessment 01 ! real property has ovor boon found to work cqully and justly. But tho see- ond system, which proposes to tax reiuui values, nuun nui, unuuiiu liiio un-1 jection. It will bo found in practico . either from tho power given to assess ors to lavor or oppress individuals, or from the struggles of di oront communities to escapo somo share of taxation through the mothods of equalization. The plan of Mr. Wells has this objection, also, that its burdens must fall chiefly upon tho owner of land or dwellings, and thus npon the lurmers, who own most ot tho land and tho mechanics, who own or occu-1 X7 most of 1,18 dwellings in towns or i n;;Aa Tk... 1. U .... cities. Thus, it is a system which bears more heavily than olhors upon luhor nnd reaches capital, except hy dinusion, only so far as ll chooses to own or occupy roal estate. At the other extreme is the Pennsylvania system, which imposes no tax whatever npon real estate, but relies en tirely upon capital to pay burdens for the wholo community, and collect them from the whole community. In 1863, when this system was adopted, it was thought that it would bo peculiarly onerous and distasteful to corpo rations, but it has proved otherwise, ana thoro is no complaint ol it, while the enormous increase of corporate values and prosperity In that as com- Eared with other States proves that it as not been burdensome Tho Pennsylvania systom involves the employmet of fewer officials, and the expenditure of smaller cost of collection than any .pthor. The im- nkToe realized wdm i the aoaf. oLflaojt ment ndMpllectionni taxes in this I IIW i JJnrtjrin p " of the en- sytvaniaba far, it involves tbe groat I . . Jl..d urerevenuo. -.unc as anm ea in jroan- uiDauvailulo ui iiiaiiiwuiiiiif a ont basis and a different sot ofotPm for the assessment of eounti",n'1 municipal taxes. Each conr-'i2Pilrivos its own systom ; each "ir .invents its own method of ros"'n? r6at and personal property Jbr UklXtion, and thon eaoh localitjiB forced to maintain its own set ofofficers for those duties. Thon a very large share of tbe benefits to be derived from a simpler plan, both in number of officials and simplicity of laws, are lost Its great merit is that it abolishes altogether, as to State taxation, the outrageous Inequality and Injustice inseparable from every system of assessment of real property, and every inquisitorial attempt, always vexatious and yet never successful, to assess personal property. These evils would be fouqd quite a great under the plan proposed by Mr. Wells except so far as personal prop erty ia concerned as under tho Massachusetts system. Tbe inherent vice of both I in tbe power give first to assessors to fix tbe valuation of property, and Afterward to board ofequalisation to fix tha valuation for ooun-tie. To apply either, system, with the assessor ..ought , to be person Lj lease ounce ot nenaoaai lavonuam.. wnoiiy noaoqoainua wiu u lowity, baring to.relstion with any o it bo-bkbttaat. and compelled to form his estimate of value wholly from tU- mony, but this would be simply impracticable. As long as human beings are what they are, tho men soloctcd to put a valuo upon property for taxation will inevitably vary very widely from tho values which they would put upon tho samo property lor purposes of pUrchaso or sulo. Whorovcr that power exists, somo persons in a coun ty or town, or somo communities in a Ut.i. .;i n ...... MnM . ...i State, will pay a great deal more, and others a great dual less than their just proportion, whilo tho power will be abused beyond mcaxuro for tho pur-poso of forcing or favoring transfers of proporty. The modol system has not yet been discovered, llut it is clear that one infinitely better than that which we navo in tins Mnto mny bo borrowed from other States, or dovised by wiso adaptation of tha features of different systems which best fit our circumstances. Tho examination of the sources ofrevcnuo in this Stato, and of the adaptation of difleront methods I to our condition, would involve limo and rosoarch such as it wonld be folly ! to expect from any committoe of tho ; present Legislature. , , THE PEOPLE OF CUMBESLAOT ' MOUNTAIN. Tho natives of this rccion are char' onterir.ed by markod peculiarities of tue nnatomicai iramo. roe elongation of tba bones, the oootour of the fooial angle, tho rolnlivo proportion or disproportion of tho oxtremitoe, the loose muscular attachment of tho ligatures, and tho harsh features, were exemplified in tho notable instanco of the hate President Lincoln. iV liko individuality appears in their idiom. It lacks tho Doric breadth oftbo Virginian on t he othor slope, and is equally removed from tho soft vowels and liquid into-mition of the southern plain. It has verbal and phraseological peculiarities of its own. Buntoring a Tennessee wife on her choice, she replied with a toss and n sparkle, "I-nns couldn't got shot of un less'n I-uns married nn." "Ilavo you'uns sood any stray shonts f asked a passer : "i-uns uses 1 aoout noro. "Cnttor means an un- j imnl "crotur," a follow-creature. , "Long sweot'nin'" and "short sweot- , 'nin'"aro respectively sirup and sugar.! ! Tho use of tho indefinite substontive pronoun un (tho Froncli on), modified , "7 mo personals, useu ucmonstrutivo- lv, and of "done" nnd "gwine" as aux- nmries, is peculiar to tho mountains, ; s well on tho Wabash und Alleghany, j I am told as in Tonnessoo. Thoprac- j llueneo of tho moon on all vegetation ! anu in porii-ouicnoring anu curing tuo 1 Bamo luminary is consulloa. ijecumi- : nous plants must bo sot out in tho 1 light of tho moon tuborous, including hui1i '" i" uarit 01 mat satellite. It is supposed to govorn tho weather by its dip, not indicate it by its ap- peainnco. "wn'i Mum 10 u wot moon i. tho month will be rainy. a. ennnge 01 toe moon uioroodcs a change of tho weather, and no moteor-ological statistics can shako their confidence in the superstition. Thoy, of course, boiievo in tho water-wizard and his forked wand ; nnd their faith is extended to tho discovery of mineral veins.., While writing this I soothe statement in a public journal that Richard Flnnnery, of Cumberland Co., n.y., uses an ovai can, 01 somo material known only to himself, which ho suspends between the forks of a short switch. As ho walks, holdinn- this ex- tended, tho indicator announces the metal by arbitrary vibrations. Ad hid invar,.;.....: . As his investigations are said to he attended with success, possibly the ovnl ball is highly eiagnotixvd, or contains a loadstone whoso delicate sus pension is affectod by the current mair. notism, metallic veins being usually a magnetic center. Any mass of soft iron in tho position of the dipping-needle is sensibly magnetic, and a so lution oi continuity is thus indicated by the vibrations of the delicatoly poised instrument. Flaws in iron are dotecied with absoluo certainly by this method. More probably, bow-ever, tho wholo procoedure is a pure, unadulterated humbug. In all such cases tbe failures are unrecorded, while the successes are noted, wondered ai and published. By shooting arrows all day, even a blind man mny bit the 1. r. iiv'. r lllt.l it OUUIUbllUOS. JJljq"!""" v 1 zine. ' A Woman's Vulauk. The corres- paodent of- a-vnicsgo paper writes that Wobrn i one of Boston's at- trsStfve amburbs, and here. Mis Auro ra r perp. wposeiieves in womepH anrnire a 'local hauiumiltfend name.' ea founded Woman village. The surplus women ot the estate persist in refusing to go to Utah or to Oregon, but with something of tbe indopend-ont spirit of tbe forefathers, aro bound to make a virtue of necessity and become freoholders even if not allowed to cast tbe ballot The village, laid ont under the auspices of Miss Phelps, is composed of lots which are to be sold dirt cheap to workinewomon. and a self-supporting colony is to be built up with various industries adapted to the capacities of the people. This pros- prospective leminine Arcadia is suggestive of downright selfishness and exolusivenesd, and woo onto the horrid man wbotnay dare set foot on the acred soil of this colony." , aa' i Let as cherish good humor and Christian eheerfulnoas.xiiet ns en deavor to shaka-otr that ullennes which makes is so uneasy to outtselves and to all who are near u. Prthsgara quelled the perrurbation of his minsu by the use of bit harp; and David, j mnsio earmea in arairacuona oi oaui and baaisbed the evil spirit from him. Anger, fretful, and 'parrrsuM prey upon the. tender, fibre .of. oar frame and iojur our health. . j . ' - '' x:' r:; 10im..'".HIVipUIICWBOVW hi BoohMMV, 2U vihiator eerpormt plhMbt haa . Maw-today tat b ooold di. a aatarai death. All talk of blessings! Wbst a blessing indigestion I To digest! Do you know what it means f It is to have the sun always shining and the shade always roady for you. It is to be mot with smile) and to be greeted with kisses. It is to hear sweat sounds, to ,oep with BW00t drcsms, to bo toucbod 1 . . . . . . ..... ever wiln suit, cool hands, it is to be in paradise. - Adam and Evo were in t'arauise. nnyr Their ingestion was good. Ah i then they took liberties ate bad fruit things they could not digest. Thoy what wo call ruined their constitutions, destroyed thoir gastric juices, and then they were expelled from Paradise hv an angel with the flaming sword. The angel with tho flaming sword, which turned two ways, was indigestion. Thcro came a great indigestion upon tho earth be-causo the cooks were had, and thoy culleu it aoluge. Ah! tnsntt Una thore is to be no more deluges all tho evil comes from this. Macbeth could not sloop. It was the supper, and not the mnrder. Uis wife talked and wulked. It was the supper again. Milton had it bad digestion, becuuso ho was always so cross; and yourl'nr-lylo must have tho worst digestion in tho world, because he nevor says any good of anything. Ah J to digest is to be bappy. Believe me, my friends, there is no other way not to uoturnod out of Paradise by a fiery, two-handed, burning" sword. Trottoptr" ' " THE MONTHS WITH "a" IN THEM. We always welcome the return of tho month of September, because, as thoro is an r in in its name, oysters muy tie oaten. Ana we cannot help reflecting sometimes upon the fact that it is vory wise dispensation of nature that tho letter r was soloctcd as tho particular member ol the alphabet which agrees with oysters. If it had been arranged for instance that cystcrs wore only ht to he eaten in the months which have a a or an x in thorn, it is perfectly manifest that we should never have been able to use tho bivalves at all, unless, indeod, tho mutter could have boon arranged by changing tho name oftbo months. The operation of this mysterious law whioh makes r indispensable to the success of an oystor, is ono of the most remurkablo things in tha whole cos mogony ol nature; and not less wonderful is tho instinct which enables an oysicr, which lios quiet during the summer, to como out nnd swim up to tho large cities on tha vory first day of Scptombcr, ready to bo opeuod. L wo havo no copyright on that word cosmogony. It was introduced hero because we want to be impressive, and to givo an air ot grandeur to the sub- toot. Forsons who consider tho word j m. . . a success in this diroction are at lib- T.hB tobacco crop, now beipg secur-orty to use it withoiitpaymont.-.Wiix ed' " tho be8t Tmhei m Virginia for Adder. ' J iyonrH- Tn Laws or Inteb-Marhiagx. Hon. Robert Townseud, a Nebraska Probate Judge, has recontly talcon some pains to ascertain as far as possible, from offttcinl sources, the laws in all tho Suites concerning tha intermarriage of whitos and blacks. The Omaha Republican, publishing tho re sult of his inquiries, says that such inter-marriages are now valid in New York, New Hampshire, Vermont Massachusetts, Connetiout, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Now Jeraer. South Carolina. Florida. Alabama, Mississippi, Louisnna, Tex as, Arkansas and the District oi Columbia. Maino, Michigan and Illinois report that, although tbey navo prohibitory statutes, yet the law with them is a dead lettor, and that "such marriages frequently occur." The gentleman replying from Connotiout said : "Thore is i,o law in this Stato that prohibits tbainter-marriage of whites und blacks, unless the black objects.". All the railroads leading nut ofKeo-kuk enmmenced on the 1st of October to weigh lbs mail socks ns iboy are thrown in and nut at the stations along the line. This is being done for the purpose ol ase mining the exact weight of mail (he company is carry- mi. me empty sacxsin tbe cars are also weighed. This coarse is to be pursued until the 1st of November. and the aggregate weight will be the estimate of the amount of mail carried nn the lino for the year. Uncle Samp-. ol will be duly 1-iformed of the rel;J ana do requested to raie ius eompens'tr. lion accordingly. : ' ; '"' ' Bcttxr m Paniokt Tmx--:-"Thirty tiro cents!" echoed woman yesterday, when her grocer charged her t sum lor a pouna oi cutter. uxe, ilnKVie replicdi' wttB bland smile. "lo eu iifiwraa, s tiiuj carry mcn of amerve, and Xtam-'W3 collaterals at a lacruWT h .. ernment calls in ,tb bonds iy't, and the import ' of bullion tend "to ease the money market a little, butter must find it level with everything else, ilutter i very panloxy Just now, but I think the worst is over." . She paid the money without further growl ing. x. . Florence Nightingale ha written letter to Dr. n. u. wine, in wuicd he itate that she she believes prison aa now conduoted, operate to increase rather than to dimlsh crime. In cases of theft and forgery he would have criminal compelled to work out and' repay tb araountof the theft ; and for cnma aecompaniea oy -riuisnm. w women and children she advise a free use of the whip. .": LrjWBXiwo, H. W. Sage ft Co,' of But Saginaw, have decided not to eat a laajtht winterer Tki i on of th most extenaiv luraMruir arnwi um NorthwL and their determination will have considerable weight with Other. Sag fcCo. bar 65,000,000 feet hang up oa the -difftrant traM f U BaeiBaw vallovy aad thma.il will kav oxlety for o-r-rfaf hx aest aeeii QraaaT-aMs, !afM Night lights Glow-worms. Man advertise then realizes. Lucifer matches Priss fights. A right angle Catching trout. An ill-bred man sirk baker. A regular boarder A saw railK Tho oldest cup on record hic-cup. Spirit of the press a gls An imaginary unantitv of cider. A lady's age. The modern song of love Cupid-ditty.A thorough washerwomen Sal-Soda.The life of man is th sggregsto of bis loves. ' Man respires, aspires, conspires and expires. A singular sight to walk. see it garden Wanted settlement of the daws ol evo. Querv is the wheel of tine ever tired ? The best illustrated banknote. ' paper out a Beef-steak Is meat and proper for breakfast Wbon is wine like a weed f -When-its mullen. "Toxas" plain. is Spanish, and means a They are making bricks out of ochor in Kansas : : - Sleight of hand-monial offer. -doclining a tnatri- Is a man who has been twice a porter a reporter f -Not butter, but-her; tho milk-maid, not maid of milk. . Cheap generosity-piece of your mind. -giving man a Moving for a new trial Courting a second wife. . : 1 1 A good same for a fortone-tlier- Prognosti-Kato. ... , ...,... Genius, after, all, ' ain't eonything moro than elegant common sence. A circuit court Tbe longest way mime irom too singing school. When is a man thinner than a shingle? When ho is a-sbaving. California, has no last rose of summer.; tbey bloom till winter, , , Query Wonld it bo proper to call a dancing-master a bop merchant ? The womon torse-car condnninra havo for their motto fam tn tha f.i. Cleveland grants more marriage li-censes on Monday than on any other day. ' ' Hash is said to be a connecting link botween the animal and vegetable kingdoms. Tbe Chinese laborers In 'Cnba-ob. Joct to being paid in paper, they antil i too thin, ' Why is a solar eclipse like a woman whipping her boy? Because it's hiding of tbe son. . ! Litcra'fy man can never H ' sure of saving said smart thing anluss they ' hee the "proof." - i.-' A Southern fruit-canning establishment I putting op artichokes for Northern market. tn . " ' I " The San Fninclsco Alta tavs that . "patent butier" luctury is soou to bo established in that cllyj ; ' , When a' E anttHO nitl'li mil. vlin nn- fcoiit of a diiuhk-bnrroUid shot irun ' they vail it a hypodermic injection. The author of the saying, fcYuu must ulway take Tmaii us you fiind kin. .L .. . . un,., r, no .. VUHSUIIIIU, A clause is under consideration bo- fore the Michigan' Constitutional Com- mision, ixir taxing church property. AConrrecHcut soldier has returned a silver tea'po stolen from a' Virginia tauiily iii'lBBZj.aod he sleep better. ' The Pennsylvania'1 Constitutional ' Convention proposes to punish lobbying by a 0rt 0tr ror.eAui"j6"ene. The Dutch Government is in the PuruuMAe asd exeeottonnbl. uovilion of having n debtand atao ofiaaking : -0?r7.oa 0f:',?o,.?5i,,A ji.a.-.! A,Boton wornanwnu4 to elop.,' (bal when, her busbaod , gave her the m'dney tVg6, abc.changed her. mind ItWoltall the romance out bf hr. .. 'PennsyrvanM'ia a' a rilauVull nf . wiiow-r trie wggesj 'ooTt- , vwaloaBt-nalajf' 'Hfinre-ri.e' iJ fleSljrvbaiv i It, h'th-i dentlf)afthw'i. grapbio stone ha.beexi diiqwwi. In Basaia, which ia an (mnranaa that it ia likely to caase redcUpn Ui tb price . ; . TU Cgssinol Drrur of tho ' last Cpngreat tltowBtbat'O ihe-UiM hundred and. evejiteo aator end Beprewaativ only bo4 ightjsiP.'ii n.wMgrdaataa('aaollg. - 1eIlHiaIUf3tae'adbrlli,'' tion U abouV trreadjuat fooa of ;, tody in the pabrro ehoorj, o as to , th lowest primary Mhool tp.Uie haW ,T , I ' - ' 'li1 1 KM H.t , "I'harcoae.aaida8etei MMr''f to a neighboa Laird wh was tM 'dyK"r ing,rlUvoa io aeraawJUt'tlUn,''' bit of lanaV uo'Imi JiuV lnilt Lfhow will yoa aa ooaiaaaHtii. r . T ") aaV a-t, " tt " ri IQt ' b - A. 9 ,' Alt two OS WrW at Om Watat UMOaaiiSnrnaum. uDaMtaaT . ..J . -

. , w. t- ... - - ... . . . . ,"('.'.. ;,: i'".-u..v:o' T7T7 mm .Press i H I. ' ; f '"7"vO V-'-'' . ' J2 I . l Hi' " I J B ' -., -li" -II f I " PLEDGED BUT TO TRUTH, TO LIBERTY AND LAW NO FAVOR SWATS US, AND NO FEAR SHALL AWE." VOLUME XII-NUMBER 15. CANTON. MISSOURI,' SATURDAY, OCTOBER IS. 1873. WHOLE NUMBER 583. v.. i. i -it. hi n I A The Canton Press, OOKDDCT Y J. W. BARRETT & SON, DEMOCRATIC JOURNAL, DITOTBD TO TBI UTOnSSTl OT Some, Country and Humatoity. BTJBEOaiPTIOMl " IIX Capiat, ODt Tar ' '. 1 T.n " " 10.(1 15.0 BAT3M OT ADVIKTIBIITO i tr U. Hr lack. ! Cohnaa n W.k 0. 1.0 Tarao Waa..... o.io :.. 1.00 Jlirat Montna.... O.T ' 00 IxJIontlia LB .00 natal ..t.00 . U.00 . n oo- M.00 73.00 moo tf ihtarmoaiate apnea or lmt In proportlo or . t ipoou! ru, All AdTfitlaeBwata at tna nboTe ratea to take tho antral run oftt papar. rbtfai .ranaaa rll-r(M rrcrsi. rr - ' BoTDlnr advortlaara allowed qnmrterlr enaa(tt without axtraooarta. IGfcltoary notleaa MOtaoini ona enoarawlU kt rliarrefl t oalr adtartltla ratea. Profteiionol tatbi. " J. H. HUSHES, M.O., TENDBBS.ni. profculoo.l anrlea to 111, eltl-Mil at Canton nod tloinlty. . .. ,-apaolal amatua flrrn to ib, tiMUn.nl or Ik-male itmaaoael ovary daacrlption. rf Raaldrae oorner of Eighth and College Strata, Canton, Mo. A. D. Lewis, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ?JMZ ESTATE AND . General Collection Agtat, OANTON MO , BRING pertectlr aoqonlnted with the aurroondlns comilry, haa inferior faollttiea for knllnn nnfl iiimm nal .-Miatr. and eaa make iiatol eoueo- tlone. Adrancementa made on awkl bar, 11 troato ruliIUed with promptaeaaana aueiiiy. nniM In Rank Ruildinr. . T ,.r Rta OI LLtJ I vJl Mill w . . KanM8tl DR. J. W. W. SMITH, . i hUAmu. tn No. lfi Fourth llrrrt. Hoppoilta Uawtlm Durkej'a or. with. Dr. nfiSgroT., and it proparwl to do all wori In lb, IIq. ol hfi proleaalon In a worknianllk. manner. uk Inurttd on Gold Plata, IMatlna, ConU.no- onaunm and SiWor Plata. Tooth "traotM mtn- OUt pals. hotels. DOWNS HOUSE, ' - Corner of oth nnd1wl Street,, CANTOir, - - MISSOWItl Wit. DOWNS, Proprietor. "sjonTO-tf ' ST. JAMES HOTEL, CORNEU OW FIFTH ft WALN; I STS., nttli!SSS'""', SL Louis, Ho. rw Thla Hooae haa lately undergone a thorough repair, Painting and new r.trnlture. Paasenger Elevator aad other improvemcnta. .: i 23mar73trj OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, 623 HAMPSHIRE STREET, ' . "Kobtb Side, T. Root IIS, Proprietor. lonUTTStr A. KEIM, Boot tS Shoe Maker ronrlk It. raw nam Kara Canlon Homi, CAKTOJ, MO. Bepairiafl neatly dona on abort notice. CI FINK BOOTS , apaelaltf and warranttd to 'uu toe enetomeri t , . man71yl . ' .i , .4-1 WM.QUESR, UNDERTAKER, CAKTOS. MO... TiniArumiuaH rsoMpr wobk at at on no. W ttoa and at reaaonatole ratao.n A rail aaaoit-nunt of UoOna iupt onatanllr on kaad and anaan. ar than lha olwaueat. rUaUandaw. . , METALIO CASES & CASKETS r . ramlaked at abort notloa LOtTKR THU THE LUWE8T1 U"8hop on Blanri aofaat oatwaan lh aad lth outn of Uianaw Flaalttf atUI.,n, . . . . LTJ23Z3, SZZlrTQLES, LATH aAjtti, nobis if BUNDS,-' v wttMoa:' nuns.; Vila.' twBalsW, Wa. SBa ' CAHTOy,'- '- ' ' MISSOIJMI ANEW and liberal itock on hand for ih annofonatomeraonaatUfaetorytersia. . MRS.' R. WHITE, MILLIIE1 AID BRESSMiKEB. No. 73 Locii Street, OANTON, MISB OTJRI Is ow ofering a spies did aasottmssit of JtHtUnerp : Goons, OrTHBLATKSTSTILM, 7Yimming,yFloipe?f jind Jiptiom, t Atiinniatdar'eoinpelltlon. ' 5C JOHNSON. it.... tJ I tl'V'v J : tmsrTd sattoraa. slataaaJatvx -1 Alaoavarj llilprla. fpaia taAtmet3 ' u."jiar jsrjzptm. PaaaataSaw muhm, aa a r riimailili VvautiB.rBitci.' '"-'.. v No. W Fh4 tteu ; Lfwh ft) Rait, curew;,vi.rHri.; D.tUIIJ. W.t.HtHTOM. GRAVES &HENT0N NO. 15 FOURTH STREET, Canton ., . ' Missouri, wnouuuu in aaTau. swum in DRUGS, Patent Medicines, Dyes, PAiJYTS. OILS, BOOKS, STATIONERY, Panoy G-OcxZ.0, VVTLEUV, .C. tUnnc7ltf C. VAN VV ERDEN, DEALER IN Drugs medicines! PAINTS, OILS, DYES, . MILLER'S ItriLDIKO, . . POCBTH 8TEEET, ABOVg LEWIS A largo Stock 01 PUEE DRUGS, PATENT HKPIlNE3. . FANCY AND TOILETTE GOODS. rora, nornKa, Paints, Oils, Dyes Glass, ftc , 1 Oon.tanllyonhand.andK.1. Low For Cash. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COM POUNDED. C. ASWERDEJJ. lsapieotr CANTON illnrble Works, CUrk Street between Fourth ft Fifth,! MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, ATAIVT1.CB, And all klndeofetonework for BulldiDtrs and Cent- eterlea, furnlnhed at Rhort notice. I do my )wn wora ana can ihii at iow raics. Designs always on hand for lneectlon. ltmavTOtf J. W. DILLON. II. S. TURNER Architect & Builder, MANCr ACTUHCR OT Sash, Door, Blinds, Scroll Work, AND WOOD WORK OF AIX KINDS. . WILL famish Plans and Specifications, and uuntraot for the erection of Building of oil klmls and or the latudt end most Improved etylt soi architecture. Hevtna- a good hop, new machinery and good workmen at hie command will turnlsn prompt work at short notice and rei o cable rates. Also dealer In METALLIC CA8b3&CASKETS WOODEN OOF FINS, COFm TRIMMINGS o. Of the latest itoproTementaaad keepe a fall aaturt- u:eDi coneutouj on naou. vuyiuj uurci iruui wm Manufacturer, I will duplicate any bill west ol Cblcag.. erV Shop on White street above Sixth, Canton. MoT lep73-tl JOB H. BIOUS. EAGON & BIGGS, Muutn GIIOC'EIIIES PROVISIONS ' Ho. HrloTtaroorthltroai, . CANTON,; - . - . mSSOOTI. r iWRItL Mnrkai MaaDaM firCoestrj Prix to. U.Ainal .GOODS I v: JnatrooalTadaftdlatoak of r Caul mrrea, n ;, i 'If Jeans, r. ' : .. -,-- From tha akora aatabralcd Woolen FSotolT. HAWKINS & DURKEE. loJaaTMr ' . C. Cross, MERCHANT,! CORNER FODBTH h CLABK STREETS, " ' v.---i CAHTOif, no. WILL aall at Aaatlen aU kind! of rood. In town oroonatry. Conalfnnwnta aollcltadandiat-Ufaatlon ruaraataa. Umi&tO , ' . J. r-acHrLs. B. J. D0MU1 SCHtJLZ & DURKEE, r"-:-A-Provision Dealer , ; . 1 ' (OldataadotJ. r. SehuU.) N0769 LEWISTXTAirroiSTyMO - WSlpaVthekijbMt markaC prloa of ooanbr yodnaa. Cboloa ruail ttcaurki for Casa 17. . . raansjau. taw M.,'at aHMVfWMt OaMh'tta V " TiilotaH aad liaalBnlarl yrr BAXXOOW POSTBT. tTtw IbUowtBf iMkftBiOW tiMehtttm f rbftmlar U from IN M of W. A. CrnCHt, Tki Mipti TtiM, wrto, wttkla tit ImI itw fran. km mtOJ am MVI&M icpauuGti ror Damor train ui cn tad mI. If I wtra to go la Tk Orapttt taltooa, And Iff wm will, I'd t lUrud la Jdmi Iaflttto ! th mara.af , Mat waaor by Mo. At lb loir oftkt aad ttM fkU oTOf moon, Aad tend for Um k la my alrj taBooa. An. aappjr happy I bfi happy the coon Who wlaa trim tattoo ofbetof a looa That ha may eouftr toeh aa IndoiU boon) Ha traada lha gj daak ofhta iwlaglaff aaloon, ' Tba mm alipabaof ath h m ha heart tta loir croon, A world llaa baton him ha fllt to eomnonai A doma rlara o'tr him rtd, as an, maroon Ha thin ha or the iky, where hi plgroae hare flewa, Of the wood, when hi iflrtyboata tf miters won hewn. Of tha eaarae. whleh tea rollei of paeMbread hare aawn. Twodaya without "datea" and not even a prune, But the great 'laatern Currant' ens talon him ir I airily epeaklag ; and ha pitches a tone The bracing Bootch air of tha blithe Doon" To rooae up tha rarifled air from Ha swoon. Letjealoaey chatter of ''DoeyUdooa'alune;'' Let enry bis good mlth aad pradaaoa Impugn I On do sarage Ulaad hit boaas shall bo etrewai Ho aever will spill oat, like eoup from a speea, O'er Georgian moraaaea where grows tho rmttoon. But tba ohearaofold Karopo shall greet him fall soon, And boU calmly alight on some olaeele lagoon Or, aaaaacbed by simoon, typhoon aad moasooa, He'll toward the land of tho gorgaoaa Tyeoea, Where they talk broken china and write only Bune, What to this waa (M fame of Clay, Webster, Cat- nounT Ifoverlgota TMt Orphic ballooa, VV aot salt la aatamn, bat early in Junei ' Inflate fa the moralng, cast anchor by aoon, And aend for the sky la tho fairy galloon. A BftFLT TO TUB ABOVI . And If t ware sold by a Granite galoot Bccllningoaaom, and pn fling oberoot, And talking aograadly, like toraiw estate Of a gorge ooi trip to the land of Canute, The Dane or stopping a moment rwafe To chat and ooqnet with the girts of Bel root, (Of their hearts, no doubt, IndlaArimlnate loot Would ansae) tha loan Arable coot Preaomlag the aat on a question that's moot To settle off-banJ, aad with balaaov to aooot Roand the earth, regardless of warning or hoot larlting a thousand Pud. Fimcj, to put In the bubble, each one his own precious foot, And puang tba dodge aa a thing very cute, But with ae thought himself of following suit, For that his neck waa too precious tho brute. Oh, 11 1 had beanaoM by such a galoot Thus blowing a gas bag his own horn to toot, I'll be banged If I wouldn't batter his snoot. I'd tlx his two eyes the color of wot, And giro him a lift with the too of my boot, Thus squaring the sphere of that ' QrapMt loot. uno noons. THEDYtKO SUMXBIl. September's and the eanmmer'i heat. That fell on fleld. and flower, and street, Haa Taned in strength from day to day. And like a scroll has rolled away. From out the blue or antnmn skies A deeper aznro meets our eyes The west wind blowing oool and clear Proclaims tbo fullness of the jeer. The apples ripen ia the sun, The rrapes grow purple one by one, And all the seasons awl it sdranco, Dlrlne In their significance. Tho birds seemed planted on wider wings To catch the hidden soul of things. And In the woo-1 the sumac's flames The coming of the king proclaims. ME. PETEEs"fIEST WIFE. "Doar, dear, no toast; eggs boiled hard as brickbats, and the coffee stone cold." And - Mr. Peters arose from the table in a temper by no means amiable, and rang tho bell violently. Thore was no answer. He rang again, a third, a fourth time, and still no an swer. Out of all patience, he wont to the door, and called, ' . ''Martha,' Martha 1" A slight, pretty little woman, dress ed in it soiled wrapper, with buir in a state of direful confusion, answered his summons. She had one of those bright face which Naturo intended should.be decked with' continuous smiles ; but now, all Its roses in bloom, it was drawn to its full length, and the largo blue oyes had a serious or ralher doleful expression, totally at variance with her usual joyous look. Her voice, too, bad lost its melodious ringing sound, and was subdued to a dismal whine. "Whut is it, Joseph?" "Where' Bridget?" "Gone out for me. I want more ribbon for my ascension robe." air. Meters said a very nouehty word, and then eontiuod : "Cold coffee, bard' eees, breakfast uot fit tcj oat;." . .;; ... "I wish,' --whined! his wife, "you would think less of temporal mattors, and turn yoor attention to the groat end of life." u . 1 "Hang it all, madam, "I like, to en-ov mv lif when-1 bare3 1t- - ' Here was I, the hspplaef man In the Unite States, with a very pleasant homo a chatty cheerful loving wife, and good quiet cnildron ; and now, ioee yon bave joined the Minorites, whatam "UnlJoseph, if yod 'WWttia: lofti ! . .1. . UI 1 - . "Uh I Mario, llyou WonronfytuLii out ol it. where are the boysr . ... ' "I'm sure I don't know.' , "Are tbey going to school to-day." "No, dear Joseph." "For what reason, Madam ?" "My dear, the teacher has triven up the school, and is turning her attention to more exalted object. You have still s week for preparation and Tepentaoo.'' . ' . . . . "itepentancer 1 wen, when I take op the object, it will take more than a week to pnt It through." , And Mr. ftun put on his coat and took op bis hat. "Joseph," said his wife, "yon ' need not send home any dinner. I shall be oat, I'll take the boy .over to their ancle's lid get their dinner. ". '- Jo made bo answer, antes tbe violently emphatia norm j - which b 'closed the door wss one. ..Muttering with anger, b strode into ' a restaa-ranttomak breakfast1 . Here he wasbailed by ooe of bis Grind. 'Prod Somers, who looked up as he heard JoeVordev. , --Hallosir,: b 'eried, yo ,'heref: what r Too-aalng her break ftist tiKr-wift'iiokr;.v:.'':-No.w.- V 'tfo.' "ALiria'i joined tba Miller. teal" -. Fred gave long thrill whistle, and thoh said. - "Going to ascend next week 7" , "Yos. and if I don't commit suicide in mo meantime, you mny-congratulate me. I am almost distracted. Can't got a deoont meal ; children ran ning riot ; servant aaucy ; honae all in coia'uoion; wife got tho blue, cither by quoting the apcocben of tho elders at mo, or sowing on a white robo and groaning every third or fourth stitob. Bang it all, trod. I've got A great mini! to take poison or join the army." "ITm 1 h'm! you give an one booting picture but I can suggoata carp." A carer "Yes, If you will prom i ho to take my advice, I will make your home ploaflfint, wifocheorful ana your children happy." "Doit!" cried Joe. ''I'll follow your word like a soldier under bin superior officer. What shall 1 do?" I At toa time Mr. Potors entered his home, whistling; Maria was seated her sewing and thoro wore no signs preparation tor the ovooing nioul.. 'Muria, mydenr,"suid Mr. Pclors, "is the tou ready f" i sidored in throo classes, of which tlis "I dont know," was the answer, "I first, bottor reprosontod by tho Massa-bave boon out all day attending meet-, cbusotts system than by any other, ing. "Oh, very woll; nevor mind. At- tendini; meetioir? You are resolved, ! men, to leave next wees: r .1. . . . f"""Oh I Josoph I mnst go when I am ' York Commissi m, seeks, as far as pos-called.", ui bio, to avoid tho effort to directly " ies, my doar, of course. Woll, I , tax all personnl proporty, ana pro-most resign myself, I suppose. JBy eeeds npon tho theory that the rontnl the way, my dear, bos it evor occurod ! valuo of the house occupied will afford to you thai I shall be loft a widowor, ' a fair moasuro of tho porsonal prop-with throo children ?- I think 1 nm a erty of each -individual. Tho third, handsome man yet, my love;" and bot'tor represented in Pennsylvania Joe walked over to tho gloss, passed thnn else whero, avoids altogether the bis fingers through his hair, and pull- evils ineidont to assessment of real ed up his collar. Maria looked up in ' property, and imposos the whole tax surprise. upon corporations, transportation, in- "Youseo my dear, itis rather a ro-J terest paid, bank earnings, insnranco lief for you to go quickly, you know, j rocoipts, rotail dealers, amusements, It is so wearing on tho nerves to have . collateral inheritances, wills and dqeds a long illness; and besides, my dour, j and auction commissions. Tho theory lliero will bo no funeral expenses to i of this systom is thnt the corporations pay, and that is quito a saving. Jtrs. I'otcrs li in ouivered. and hor lr hlun nvea ill 1ml with tears. Joe longed to quit his heartless speech m.i nnmfnrt. hnr. hnt ho was fuarful ihut the desired effect was not yet gained, "So, my dear if you must go, I havo boon thinkingofgottinganotberwifo." What" 1 cried Mrs. Potors. "Another wifo, my lovo. Tho houso must bo kept in order, and tho boys cared for." Tho grief was gone from Maria's i fuco, but hor tooth wcrosct with a look 1 of fierce wrath. "Another wifo! anothor wifo I" "Yes. I- think I "havo selected a I good successor. I deliberated a Ion. limn, when I wua n hneho or. huLweon i I...- .it. H vnnro.iir Vnn will IMtn li i-- i Bho is your bosom friend 1" "What! Sarah Ingraham. "Ye9. my dear. I think thnt on tho day vou ascend, I will marry Sarah Inorabain." WUUl, tnat gOOU-IOI-noining, Silly, empty-headed old maid, tho motbor of my CllllUreil. TVUllli. J" 3 wiini.Mil. '" ha iiv ivi.t.1 ..... "Woll, my dear; it sooms to bo tho of proporty owned or occupied npon best I can do. I don't want to leave: a long loaso, as it is to fix the volua-mv business and go a courting, and I tion, and tho same evils will arise, she will havo mo I know." "No doubt ful " Oh ! you brutal, hate- "Slop my doar, dont fly into fury. We will try to spend our lust week in happiness. Oh, by the way, 1 have a proposition to make." "(Jo, on, Sirl Do not spare mo !" "Ah 1 yos, that is the very thing I wish to do. I know your mind is en. a.... I tt An itfnaaA tirifla -rritiiaa aa-iAnimit. I and I wish to snare you tho care of 1 -T . . n the house. Suppose yon invito Sa rah here to-morrow, to stop a weok ?" "What 1" "Then I can arrange our matrimo-niul preparation in the evening, while you are at the lecture." "What!" "And you can leave the house in her charge all day. That will give you plonty of time to go out, and ho can learn the way ol the house. "And my dear, one little favor. It may be the last I ahull over ask ofyou. Stay at home ono or two days, and show her around .where you koep things, and so on, so that sbe wont have any trouble in keeping order after you go. You will do this to oblige me, dear, won't you ?" Mrs. Peters, for an answor, rolled up the ascension robe into a ball and dred it at Joe. The cotton, scissors; work-basket followod eaoh other In nuick succession, and he was nnnhle to fly.- Then Maria's rage fatyffi "Sol rah LarThat't tho taoson TonsCietled ce vn jwu LanTeWnVTBat yoa her, sirl Yoa shan t have that gratification I I won't go 1 1 toll yon, Mr. Potors, that I wont go!" "But, my doar, you must go, if you are called for." "I won't go !" ' "But what will Sarah Ingraham think of it?" "Sarah I Don't dare to mention Sarah Ingraham to me again," and with this she threw herself into a chair, and in a fit of hystorics. Next morning Mr. Peters mot Fred, in the street. ; "Well old boy, how goes It?" "Fred" was the reply, "I am the happiest man in the world I I have regained my wife, and domestic peace, and got rid of a busy, tattling old maid, wbonnder pretense of loving my wife, was everlastlingly interefering in our household arraneements." 1 "Then Mr. Peter will not ascend, willh?" .. . .-, ' iuIfSrh i to be my second wife, ad Ub-moUMr to my ehildren, Mr. Paten has oonoluded .that, on the whole, she won't go." ' Cbiha Pu. Mak ermst short, , roll oat thin, and pat in :deep pi plat. PafchM. layer of tbm aliOM apple) layer of sagar and spice, ooo antil fnlfj put on lb top layer (agar, spiooa nof littfor lumps of butter. No top crot' Sake from thno-foarth of an boor to an hoar. METHODS OF STATS TAXATION. From lha Si. Loult Globe.) Tbo model system of taxation will bonr as lightly as possible upon labor, nna equally as pousiblo upon enpual. It will h.i so simplo as to involve tho omploymont of tho smalloHt powiblo number of officials, and the loss of the smnllont poDftihlo sain in exponscs of collodion, r mnlly, It win give mo lonflt ponmblo opportunity to ofliciulu to npprem or fuvor individuals or localities, or to Rot proporty into their own har.ds through collusion with ronl estato rings. In nil tbeso ossontiuls our prcsont system is about ns fnr an ny can be from tho model toward which reform should movo. For acomplato reform in tho system i of taxation, a change in tho State Con- J stitntion is necessary. For tho Con stitution, article 11, section 16, pro-1 vides that "no property, real or per-! sonal, shall be exempt from taxation." j J. be attorn pi to tax all lorms or prop. orty involves an attempt to list and nt! ossoss all lorms of proporty, and this of! is tho gravest evil of the present sys - i tern. . . All systems of taxation may bo con - seeks to assess lor taxation, an prop- 1 orty, both real and personal. The ' second, proposed by Hon. D. A. Wells J .1 .1 , f . , x- 'ana mo otnor mamoors ui imi ana porsons noro oirccny paying win collect tho tax from tho people in their business, and thus distributo tho bur- den moro equally than it can bo dis- ! trihuled hv anv'laws or any nlun of assessments. Of theso tlirco classes, ' tho first is open to tho ohjoction that , neither real nor porsonal property can i bo equally assossod nnd taxed, bvon in Massachusetts, where it is best en- j forced, tho ollicials ndnvt that fully i thirty porcont. of all property escapes I taxation. It has been found imposai- ble, in a logal point ot viow, to reacn , " nipping oy wuicn is menni for taxation all personal proporty, nor j not baptism, but chowing snuff pro-will tho minute scrutiny of private vails to a like extent, affairs, nocossarv to ascertain all such In farming they boiievo in tho in- property, bo tolerated under a froe government. Jlnnco n vory largo I share of nersona I nronortv always cs - 1 runes taxation, and this svstem adds ' tho other and not less grave disudvan - tago tnoi no system 01 assessment 01 ! real property has ovor boon found to work cqully and justly. But tho see- ond system, which proposes to tax reiuui values, nuun nui, unuuiiu liiio un-1 jection. It will bo found in practico . either from tho power given to assess ors to lavor or oppress individuals, or from the struggles of di oront communities to escapo somo share of taxation through the mothods of equalization. The plan of Mr. Wells has this objection, also, that its burdens must fall chiefly upon tho owner of land or dwellings, and thus npon the lurmers, who own most ot tho land and tho mechanics, who own or occu-1 X7 most of 1,18 dwellings in towns or i n;;Aa Tk... 1. U .... cities. Thus, it is a system which bears more heavily than olhors upon luhor nnd reaches capital, except hy dinusion, only so far as ll chooses to own or occupy roal estate. At the other extreme is the Pennsylvania system, which imposes no tax whatever npon real estate, but relies en tirely upon capital to pay burdens for the wholo community, and collect them from the whole community. In 1863, when this system was adopted, it was thought that it would bo peculiarly onerous and distasteful to corpo rations, but it has proved otherwise, ana thoro is no complaint ol it, while the enormous increase of corporate values and prosperity In that as com- Eared with other States proves that it as not been burdensome Tho Pennsylvania systom involves the employmet of fewer officials, and the expenditure of smaller cost of collection than any .pthor. The im- nkToe realized wdm i the aoaf. oLflaojt ment ndMpllectionni taxes in this I IIW i JJnrtjrin p " of the en- sytvaniaba far, it involves tbe groat I . . Jl..d urerevenuo. -.unc as anm ea in jroan- uiDauvailulo ui iiiaiiiwuiiiiif a ont basis and a different sot ofotPm for the assessment of eounti",n'1 municipal taxes. Each conr-'i2Pilrivos its own systom ; each "ir .invents its own method of ros"'n? r6at and personal property Jbr UklXtion, and thon eaoh localitjiB forced to maintain its own set ofofficers for those duties. Thon a very large share of tbe benefits to be derived from a simpler plan, both in number of officials and simplicity of laws, are lost Its great merit is that it abolishes altogether, as to State taxation, the outrageous Inequality and Injustice inseparable from every system of assessment of real property, and every inquisitorial attempt, always vexatious and yet never successful, to assess personal property. These evils would be fouqd quite a great under the plan proposed by Mr. Wells except so far as personal prop erty ia concerned as under tho Massachusetts system. Tbe inherent vice of both I in tbe power give first to assessors to fix tbe valuation of property, and Afterward to board ofequalisation to fix tha valuation for ooun-tie. To apply either, system, with the assessor ..ought , to be person Lj lease ounce ot nenaoaai lavonuam.. wnoiiy noaoqoainua wiu u lowity, baring to.relstion with any o it bo-bkbttaat. and compelled to form his estimate of value wholly from tU- mony, but this would be simply impracticable. As long as human beings are what they are, tho men soloctcd to put a valuo upon property for taxation will inevitably vary very widely from tho values which they would put upon tho samo property lor purposes of pUrchaso or sulo. Whorovcr that power exists, somo persons in a coun ty or town, or somo communities in a Ut.i. .;i n ...... MnM . ...i State, will pay a great deal more, and others a great dual less than their just proportion, whilo tho power will be abused beyond mcaxuro for tho pur-poso of forcing or favoring transfers of proporty. The modol system has not yet been discovered, llut it is clear that one infinitely better than that which we navo in tins Mnto mny bo borrowed from other States, or dovised by wiso adaptation of tha features of different systems which best fit our circumstances. Tho examination of the sources ofrevcnuo in this Stato, and of the adaptation of difleront methods I to our condition, would involve limo and rosoarch such as it wonld be folly ! to expect from any committoe of tho ; present Legislature. , , THE PEOPLE OF CUMBESLAOT ' MOUNTAIN. Tho natives of this rccion are char' onterir.ed by markod peculiarities of tue nnatomicai iramo. roe elongation of tba bones, the oootour of the fooial angle, tho rolnlivo proportion or disproportion of tho oxtremitoe, the loose muscular attachment of tho ligatures, and tho harsh features, were exemplified in tho notable instanco of the hate President Lincoln. iV liko individuality appears in their idiom. It lacks tho Doric breadth oftbo Virginian on t he othor slope, and is equally removed from tho soft vowels and liquid into-mition of the southern plain. It has verbal and phraseological peculiarities of its own. Buntoring a Tennessee wife on her choice, she replied with a toss and n sparkle, "I-nns couldn't got shot of un less'n I-uns married nn." "Ilavo you'uns sood any stray shonts f asked a passer : "i-uns uses 1 aoout noro. "Cnttor means an un- j imnl "crotur," a follow-creature. , "Long sweot'nin'" and "short sweot- , 'nin'"aro respectively sirup and sugar.! ! Tho use of tho indefinite substontive pronoun un (tho Froncli on), modified , "7 mo personals, useu ucmonstrutivo- lv, and of "done" nnd "gwine" as aux- nmries, is peculiar to tho mountains, ; s well on tho Wabash und Alleghany, j I am told as in Tonnessoo. Thoprac- j llueneo of tho moon on all vegetation ! anu in porii-ouicnoring anu curing tuo 1 Bamo luminary is consulloa. ijecumi- : nous plants must bo sot out in tho 1 light of tho moon tuborous, including hui1i '" i" uarit 01 mat satellite. It is supposed to govorn tho weather by its dip, not indicate it by its ap- peainnco. "wn'i Mum 10 u wot moon i. tho month will be rainy. a. ennnge 01 toe moon uioroodcs a change of tho weather, and no moteor-ological statistics can shako their confidence in the superstition. Thoy, of course, boiievo in tho water-wizard and his forked wand ; nnd their faith is extended to tho discovery of mineral veins.., While writing this I soothe statement in a public journal that Richard Flnnnery, of Cumberland Co., n.y., uses an ovai can, 01 somo material known only to himself, which ho suspends between the forks of a short switch. As ho walks, holdinn- this ex- tended, tho indicator announces the metal by arbitrary vibrations. Ad hid invar,.;.....: . As his investigations are said to he attended with success, possibly the ovnl ball is highly eiagnotixvd, or contains a loadstone whoso delicate sus pension is affectod by the current mair. notism, metallic veins being usually a magnetic center. Any mass of soft iron in tho position of the dipping-needle is sensibly magnetic, and a so lution oi continuity is thus indicated by the vibrations of the delicatoly poised instrument. Flaws in iron are dotecied with absoluo certainly by this method. More probably, bow-ever, tho wholo procoedure is a pure, unadulterated humbug. In all such cases tbe failures are unrecorded, while the successes are noted, wondered ai and published. By shooting arrows all day, even a blind man mny bit the 1. r. iiv'. r lllt.l it OUUIUbllUOS. JJljq"!""" v 1 zine. ' A Woman's Vulauk. The corres- paodent of- a-vnicsgo paper writes that Wobrn i one of Boston's at- trsStfve amburbs, and here. Mis Auro ra r perp. wposeiieves in womepH anrnire a 'local hauiumiltfend name.' ea founded Woman village. The surplus women ot the estate persist in refusing to go to Utah or to Oregon, but with something of tbe indopend-ont spirit of tbe forefathers, aro bound to make a virtue of necessity and become freoholders even if not allowed to cast tbe ballot The village, laid ont under the auspices of Miss Phelps, is composed of lots which are to be sold dirt cheap to workinewomon. and a self-supporting colony is to be built up with various industries adapted to the capacities of the people. This pros- prospective leminine Arcadia is suggestive of downright selfishness and exolusivenesd, and woo onto the horrid man wbotnay dare set foot on the acred soil of this colony." , aa' i Let as cherish good humor and Christian eheerfulnoas.xiiet ns en deavor to shaka-otr that ullennes which makes is so uneasy to outtselves and to all who are near u. Prthsgara quelled the perrurbation of his minsu by the use of bit harp; and David, j mnsio earmea in arairacuona oi oaui and baaisbed the evil spirit from him. Anger, fretful, and 'parrrsuM prey upon the. tender, fibre .of. oar frame and iojur our health. . j . ' - '' x:' r:; 10im..'".HIVipUIICWBOVW hi BoohMMV, 2U vihiator eerpormt plhMbt haa . Maw-today tat b ooold di. a aatarai death. All talk of blessings! Wbst a blessing indigestion I To digest! Do you know what it means f It is to have the sun always shining and the shade always roady for you. It is to be mot with smile) and to be greeted with kisses. It is to hear sweat sounds, to ,oep with BW00t drcsms, to bo toucbod 1 . . . . . . ..... ever wiln suit, cool hands, it is to be in paradise. - Adam and Evo were in t'arauise. nnyr Their ingestion was good. Ah i then they took liberties ate bad fruit things they could not digest. Thoy what wo call ruined their constitutions, destroyed thoir gastric juices, and then they were expelled from Paradise hv an angel with the flaming sword. The angel with tho flaming sword, which turned two ways, was indigestion. Thcro came a great indigestion upon tho earth be-causo the cooks were had, and thoy culleu it aoluge. Ah! tnsntt Una thore is to be no more deluges all tho evil comes from this. Macbeth could not sloop. It was the supper, and not the mnrder. Uis wife talked and wulked. It was the supper again. Milton had it bad digestion, becuuso ho was always so cross; and yourl'nr-lylo must have tho worst digestion in tho world, because he nevor says any good of anything. Ah J to digest is to be bappy. Believe me, my friends, there is no other way not to uoturnod out of Paradise by a fiery, two-handed, burning" sword. Trottoptr" ' " THE MONTHS WITH "a" IN THEM. We always welcome the return of tho month of September, because, as thoro is an r in in its name, oysters muy tie oaten. Ana we cannot help reflecting sometimes upon the fact that it is vory wise dispensation of nature that tho letter r was soloctcd as tho particular member ol the alphabet which agrees with oysters. If it had been arranged for instance that cystcrs wore only ht to he eaten in the months which have a a or an x in thorn, it is perfectly manifest that we should never have been able to use tho bivalves at all, unless, indeod, tho mutter could have boon arranged by changing tho name oftbo months. The operation of this mysterious law whioh makes r indispensable to the success of an oystor, is ono of the most remurkablo things in tha whole cos mogony ol nature; and not less wonderful is tho instinct which enables an oysicr, which lios quiet during the summer, to como out nnd swim up to tho large cities on tha vory first day of Scptombcr, ready to bo opeuod. L wo havo no copyright on that word cosmogony. It was introduced hero because we want to be impressive, and to givo an air ot grandeur to the sub- toot. Forsons who consider tho word j m. . . a success in this diroction are at lib- T.hB tobacco crop, now beipg secur-orty to use it withoiitpaymont.-.Wiix ed' " tho be8t Tmhei m Virginia for Adder. ' J iyonrH- Tn Laws or Inteb-Marhiagx. Hon. Robert Townseud, a Nebraska Probate Judge, has recontly talcon some pains to ascertain as far as possible, from offttcinl sources, the laws in all tho Suites concerning tha intermarriage of whitos and blacks. The Omaha Republican, publishing tho re sult of his inquiries, says that such inter-marriages are now valid in New York, New Hampshire, Vermont Massachusetts, Connetiout, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Now Jeraer. South Carolina. Florida. Alabama, Mississippi, Louisnna, Tex as, Arkansas and the District oi Columbia. Maino, Michigan and Illinois report that, although tbey navo prohibitory statutes, yet the law with them is a dead lettor, and that "such marriages frequently occur." The gentleman replying from Connotiout said : "Thore is i,o law in this Stato that prohibits tbainter-marriage of whites und blacks, unless the black objects.". All the railroads leading nut ofKeo-kuk enmmenced on the 1st of October to weigh lbs mail socks ns iboy are thrown in and nut at the stations along the line. This is being done for the purpose ol ase mining the exact weight of mail (he company is carry- mi. me empty sacxsin tbe cars are also weighed. This coarse is to be pursued until the 1st of November. and the aggregate weight will be the estimate of the amount of mail carried nn the lino for the year. Uncle Samp-. ol will be duly 1-iformed of the rel;J ana do requested to raie ius eompens'tr. lion accordingly. : ' ; '"' ' Bcttxr m Paniokt Tmx--:-"Thirty tiro cents!" echoed woman yesterday, when her grocer charged her t sum lor a pouna oi cutter. uxe, ilnKVie replicdi' wttB bland smile. "lo eu iifiwraa, s tiiuj carry mcn of amerve, and Xtam-'W3 collaterals at a lacruWT h .. ernment calls in ,tb bonds iy't, and the import ' of bullion tend "to ease the money market a little, butter must find it level with everything else, ilutter i very panloxy Just now, but I think the worst is over." . She paid the money without further growl ing. x. . Florence Nightingale ha written letter to Dr. n. u. wine, in wuicd he itate that she she believes prison aa now conduoted, operate to increase rather than to dimlsh crime. In cases of theft and forgery he would have criminal compelled to work out and' repay tb araountof the theft ; and for cnma aecompaniea oy -riuisnm. w women and children she advise a free use of the whip. .": LrjWBXiwo, H. W. Sage ft Co,' of But Saginaw, have decided not to eat a laajtht winterer Tki i on of th most extenaiv luraMruir arnwi um NorthwL and their determination will have considerable weight with Other. Sag fcCo. bar 65,000,000 feet hang up oa the -difftrant traM f U BaeiBaw vallovy aad thma.il will kav oxlety for o-r-rfaf hx aest aeeii QraaaT-aMs, !afM Night lights Glow-worms. Man advertise then realizes. Lucifer matches Priss fights. A right angle Catching trout. An ill-bred man sirk baker. A regular boarder A saw railK Tho oldest cup on record hic-cup. Spirit of the press a gls An imaginary unantitv of cider. A lady's age. The modern song of love Cupid-ditty.A thorough washerwomen Sal-Soda.The life of man is th sggregsto of bis loves. ' Man respires, aspires, conspires and expires. A singular sight to walk. see it garden Wanted settlement of the daws ol evo. Querv is the wheel of tine ever tired ? The best illustrated banknote. ' paper out a Beef-steak Is meat and proper for breakfast Wbon is wine like a weed f -When-its mullen. "Toxas" plain. is Spanish, and means a They are making bricks out of ochor in Kansas : : - Sleight of hand-monial offer. -doclining a tnatri- Is a man who has been twice a porter a reporter f -Not butter, but-her; tho milk-maid, not maid of milk. . Cheap generosity-piece of your mind. -giving man a Moving for a new trial Courting a second wife. . : 1 1 A good same for a fortone-tlier- Prognosti-Kato. ... , ...,... Genius, after, all, ' ain't eonything moro than elegant common sence. A circuit court Tbe longest way mime irom too singing school. When is a man thinner than a shingle? When ho is a-sbaving. California, has no last rose of summer.; tbey bloom till winter, , , Query Wonld it bo proper to call a dancing-master a bop merchant ? The womon torse-car condnninra havo for their motto fam tn tha f.i. Cleveland grants more marriage li-censes on Monday than on any other day. ' ' Hash is said to be a connecting link botween the animal and vegetable kingdoms. Tbe Chinese laborers In 'Cnba-ob. Joct to being paid in paper, they antil i too thin, ' Why is a solar eclipse like a woman whipping her boy? Because it's hiding of tbe son. . ! Litcra'fy man can never H ' sure of saving said smart thing anluss they ' hee the "proof." - i.-' A Southern fruit-canning establishment I putting op artichokes for Northern market. tn . " ' I " The San Fninclsco Alta tavs that . "patent butier" luctury is soou to bo established in that cllyj ; ' , When a' E anttHO nitl'li mil. vlin nn- fcoiit of a diiuhk-bnrroUid shot irun ' they vail it a hypodermic injection. The author of the saying, fcYuu must ulway take Tmaii us you fiind kin. .L .. . . un,., r, no .. VUHSUIIIIU, A clause is under consideration bo- fore the Michigan' Constitutional Com- mision, ixir taxing church property. AConrrecHcut soldier has returned a silver tea'po stolen from a' Virginia tauiily iii'lBBZj.aod he sleep better. ' The Pennsylvania'1 Constitutional ' Convention proposes to punish lobbying by a 0rt 0tr ror.eAui"j6"ene. The Dutch Government is in the PuruuMAe asd exeeottonnbl. uovilion of having n debtand atao ofiaaking : -0?r7.oa 0f:',?o,.?5i,,A ji.a.-.! A,Boton wornanwnu4 to elop.,' (bal when, her busbaod , gave her the m'dney tVg6, abc.changed her. mind ItWoltall the romance out bf hr. .. 'PennsyrvanM'ia a' a rilauVull nf . wiiow-r trie wggesj 'ooTt- , vwaloaBt-nalajf' 'Hfinre-ri.e' iJ fleSljrvbaiv i It, h'th-i dentlf)afthw'i. grapbio stone ha.beexi diiqwwi. In Basaia, which ia an (mnranaa that it ia likely to caase redcUpn Ui tb price . ; . 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